{"id":22999,"date":"2013-06-07T13:56:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=22999"},"modified":"2013-07-19T11:48:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T16:48:39","slug":"media-talk-may-24-june-7-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/06\/media-talk-may-24-june-7-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Talk (May 24 – June 7, 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Media Talk” is a recurring summary of select Brock faculty, staff and student appearances in the media. If you have details of a media appearance to share with The Brock News, please send them to campusnews@brocku.ca<\/em><\/p>\n

May 24:<\/strong> St. Catharines Standard \/ Welland Tribune \/ Niagara Falls Review<\/em> “Tonya Verbeek ends her golden wrestling career<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Tonya Verbeek, assistant coach, Brock Wrestling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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May 25: <\/strong>AM 590 The Fan<\/em> “Outdoor Journal Radio<\/a>”
\nFiona Hunter, associate professor, Biological Sciences, was interviewed about the upcoming mosquito season and what you can do to protect yourself from the insects.<\/p>\n

May 25:<\/strong> Niagara This Week<\/em> “Keeping the Hope Alive<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Brock University President Jack Lightstone about this year’s eighth annual Rankin Cancer Run in Niagara.<\/p>\n

May 27:<\/strong> St. Catharines Standard (Regional section)<\/em> “Giving students a working chance<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Pauline Dawson, manager of Experience Plus in Career Services, about the student services available at Brock to help students succeed in their job searches.<\/p>\n

May 28: <\/strong>CTV<\/em> “Primetime” (Edmonton)
\nDon Cyr, Dean, Goodman School of Business, was interviewed in Toronto for the CTV program “Primetime” in Edmonton about international students at Canadian Universities.<\/p>\n

May 29:<\/strong> St. Catharines Standard (Community Voices)<\/em> “Inequality in our schools: On which side of the tracks?<\/a>” by Darlene Ciuffetelli Parker, associate professor, Teacher Education, Faculty of Education.<\/p>\n

May 29:<\/strong> CBC News (Business)<\/em> “How to stand out, while blending in<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Maxim Voronov, associate professor of strategic management, about his research on legitimizing Ontario wines and using history and tradition in winery niche marketing initiatives.<\/p>\n

May 31:<\/strong> St. Catharines Standard \/Welland Tribune \/ Niagara Falls Review<\/em> “Ground broken for Brock arts school<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Douglas Kneale, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, and President Jack Lightstone at a May 31 celebration event for the future home of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts in downtown St. Catharines.<\/p>\n

June 1:<\/strong> Globe and Mail<\/em> “Dirty work: How household chores push families to the brink<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Andrea Doucet, professor of Sociology, and Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work & Care.<\/p>\n

June 2: <\/strong>Toronto Sun <\/em>“Pinfalls at Niagara Falls as wrestling fights IOC snub<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Marty Calder, Brock Wrestling Coach, and Brock wrestler Jessica MacDonald.<\/p>\n

June 2:<\/strong> National Post<\/em> “New ideas fuel anxiety as parents expect more from their children and educators<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Kari-Lynn Winters, assistant professor, Teacher Education, and Debra Harwood, assistant professor, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education, Faculty of Education.<\/p>\n

June 3: <\/strong>Toronto Star<\/em> “Ontario health and education experts call on Queen’s Park to update old sex education curriculum<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by James Mandigo, president of the Ontario Physical Health Education Association, and Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Applied Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

June 4:<\/strong> AM 610 CKTB<\/em> “Tim Dennis in the Morning<\/a>”
\nTony Volk, associate professor, Child and Youth Studies, and an expert on bullying, is interviewed about the Federal Government’s $250,000 youth-led anti-bullying project.<\/p>\n

June 4:<\/strong> Niagara This Week<\/em> “Brock commissions sculpture artist<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by President Jack Lightstone about the announcement<\/a> that the University, thanks to a $1-million gift from local businessman and long-time Brock supporter David S. Howes, is commissioning Canadian artist Danek Mozdzenski to create a bronze sculpture of Sir Isaac Brock for the school’s St. Catharines campus.<\/p>\n

June 4:<\/strong> Edmonton Journal<\/em> “Edmonton sculptor wins $1-million commission in Ontario<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Danek Mozdzenski, the artist commissioned by Brock to create a bronze sculpture of Sir Isaac Brock for the University’s St. Catharines campus.<\/p>\n

June 6:<\/strong> AM 610 CKTB<\/em> “Tim Dennis in the Morning<\/a>”
\nDavid Siegel, professor, Political Science, is interviewed about the ongoing Rob Ford saga and where he goes from here.<\/p>\n

For more examples of Brock faculty news appearances, please check out the “Researchers in the news<\/a>” section of Research Services website.
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